i'm chris hassel.world baseball classic thriller on thursday night between the united states and the dominican republic. david wright out. no score, eric hosmer drawing the walk with the bases loaded, 1-0, u.s. top second, ramirez ties it up with a solo shot off r.a. dickey. winner secures a spot in the semifinals. loser faces a win or go home. top nine, still tied at 1, nelson cruz winding a leadoff double to one. john carlos stanton made the diving stop but he couldn't get cruz at second. a couple batters later. er erick aybar coming through in the clutch. go ahead single and the dominican with a one-run lead and adding to it jose reyes, aybar scores, 3-1, dominican. bottom nine, two on, none out. shane victorino, last chance but he pops out to third, and the dominican republic moves on to the semis, 3-1. the u.s. will play puerto rico on friday in a win or go home situation. >>> nba, spurs trying to clinch a playoff spot, mavericks trying to tay in the playoff hunt. tim duncan knocking down the one-

i'm chris hassel. or the road in detroit.:00 left, blackhawks down one, needing a goal on the power play, and they get it. patrick kane going top shelf. we're tied at 1-1. overtime and shootout. here's cakane. take his time. he's been known to do this because he's so good with a stick. beaten! jimmy howard, how are you going stop this. blackhawks leading in the shootout. detroit needing a goal. hen r henrik zetterberg shuts him down. >>> to nba and the heat and knicks. lebron dunked in the game. getting the feed from dwyane wade. heat up one. another give and go. lebron, to wade, to le brown. oh, yeah. third quarter, knicks up six. melo, hello, 32 points for melo. the heat were 0-2 this year. ain't happening at msg this time. heat tying a franchise mark with their 14th straight victory. that's your "sportscenter" update. i'm chris hassel. >>> one more highlight. this comes from a game in new york's public high school state torment. >> the team unbounds the ball. it's intercepted. the kid who threw it, gets the ball, and then

. >>> i'm chris hassel with your "sportscenter" update.down 17 at boston last night trying to win their 23rd game in a row. first half, one of the better dunks you'll see all season. norris cole to lebron james. and that's jason terry. roadkill there and then it's james in the fourth putting miami up 2 with 10.5 seconds to play. boston gets a chance, paul pierce, no. and miami has done it, now all alone, second longest winning streak in nba history, 105-103. >>> elsewhere, world baseball classic, dominican republic taking on the netherlands in the semifinals. in the first, netherlands up 1-0. andruw jones, popped foul. moises sierra diving into the stands for the catch. his first name is moises, remember moises alou and, yeah, that guy playing the role of steve barton almost, although he didn't get in the way. look who's there, moises alou. working with the d.r. general manager. bottom fifth, same score, dominican republic taking charge. sierra doubling down the left field line, carlos santana scores, man on third, jose reyes, single to ce

. >>> i'm chris hassel with your "sportscenter" update.s and thunder squaring off last night. carmelo anthony not playing. but new york had a good backup plan. his name is j.r. smith. off the bench and firing. behind the back and hitting. knicks down, 54-50 in the second. in the third, smith with a three, knicks up six. smith, again, from deep! 36 off the bench. that ties an nba season high for most points by a bench player. fourth quarter, under 4:00 to play, kevin durant, fading away. thunder up one, 34 for k.d. after a durant miss, clock winding down, smith, can't get the winner to go. and the thunder hang on to win it, 95-94. >>> college hoops now. to the bubble. john calipari and kentucky. currently one of joe lunardi's first four out, at georgia. caldwell-pope. 24 points, 10 assists. georgia by five at the half. kentucky needs to win. getting a break here. georgia missing the dunk. here comes willie collie stein. finding kyle wiltjer. he was just 2 of 11 from beyond the arc. hitting there. it's a three-point game. five minutes to pla

i'm chris hassel.d to knock off st. mary's in the wcc championship game and possibly earn a one seed in the tournament. kelly olynyk following up a miss with a dunk. 42-18 gonzaga would outscore the gaels in the paint. st. mary's needing a win to ensure an ncaa tournament berth. olin nick, 21 points, 12 rebounds. gonzaga by eight. second half, zags up by 17. david stockton to olynyk for a filthy one-handed stuff. 15th straight tournament appearance for the zags. >>> in the nba, thunder, spurs, a win by ok krchc would tie them for first in the conference with san antonio. leonard behind the back and dunk. 35-18, the spurs would outscore okc in in the second. third quarter, spurs up by 6. danny green, the steal and dunk. san antonio by 8. later, okc down 5. westbrook shot it 27 times. kevin durant would only shoot 13 times. later, westbrook pulling up knocking it down. he only made 11 of those 27 shots. fourth quarter, spurs up 11. thiago splitter, a team high 21 on 9 of 11 shooting. fourth quarter, unde